2012/07/22

I just get really mad about the Swedish translator that translated a Swedish song called "I have a dream" by Abba. About forty years ago a group of four members called Abba from Sweden wrote this song. In the movie "Mamma Mia" I watched the last part of the film and when I read the translation of the English words from this song in Swedish it just blowed my mind. They really want to make the Swedish people Atheists, Agnostics and Non-believers. I must show you.

Original song:

I have a dream, a song to singTo help me cope with anythingIf you see the wonder of a fairy taleYou can take the future even if you failI believe in angelsSomething good in everything I seeI believe in angelsWhen I know the time is right for meI'll cross the stream - I have a dream

In Swedish they did not translate it to it's closest meaning. No they did further analysis of the song and transformed it into non-beliefs, because the original song talks about believing.

in Swedish (translated in English word by word) 2012:

I have a dream, I have a songI sing it against threat and violenceIf you want to believe in wonder, saga and legendsYou can take your destiny, without being burntI want to believe that angels shows us somethings good in everything we seeI want to believe that angels whisper to us that dream can be moreAn eternal flow, I have a dream